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Show mi. liuiuN mi urn. TilKilllclal statistical record of the Hornnn Catholic Church In tho United HUtfS, It Hadller'a Catholic Director), Almtnao anl Ordo. Tbo-,oluinefor ISO! It Just ubllslml. Tho figures aro furnished by the lllshopsof dioceses. Then there are the "Most Itevcrend Arcliblslioa"and tlie"Hlght Iteverend IHsho-is," who filiate and classify the dloceaan returns. According to the Directory put llshe-d by Hadllxr, the llomau hlerarehy ooiu- rlsi-s fourteen Archbishops, and sovent) three lltshope. Tho body of thoprlesthooil consists of 8,112 priests, secular aud cloistered. There aro Ihlrlj live theological seminaries! with S,1V! studeuts. There are T,S churches, aud 1000 !aci In whhh aervlce Is belt occasionally. There are .1 101 parohlal schools with tnvtlpurllt riieroaroio: colhges and Oil acalemles for higher education. educa-tion. There are 'M charitable luitl. tutlons. At the beginning of tha prettnt cen. turythltihurclihalbut 1 archbishop, 1 a bltho, mid SH rli tsL The whole Catholla population was about l,Si,. 0 ID. There w ere then SMI cliurrhcs,17 aomlnarlea an I 11 charitable Inslitu. Horn. I'lfty years ago Ne Kugland had but SI churches aud .11 prhsts, uow It has 1 nrchblshop, 0 I Ishopa, Uj-) prleeui, SI3 seminaries, Hill churches and a memberihlp ol 1,1911,10) (active (ac-tive communicants) Uhaint present twice nt luauy irlcsta as the dhole oountryhad fifty liars ago. Iu Hie Houlliern Hlatn the Calhollo t'hurcli has not mil le at much progress nt In the New I'ngland and the Middle and Western Hlatcs. However, Ithaa, out able of I,o ililaua, which Is considered al'atholloHtalo, 8 blthopt, S21 priests, 71 seminaries and 310 churchealu the Houth, Theaialual numl-rrol commillilcaiils mnnot l- amirately asce-tlAlnt-il The .Initrtforr. VnUut'M Acn-ra)a Acn-ra)a 'The blehol as a rule are vi ry guarded In their estimate of members, and Ihe flgurri they furnish arc never exaggerated, In fnc. Ihey fre-meritl. an 1 almost generally fall fir below the reat figures." Ibimail authorities, however, cell-mate cell-mate the number cf Catholics In tho llnllo.1 .States at about 1 4,000 XU. The Illshop of Kansas Clly, lu a dlscoureu ItibMsheal latt year ills Ihschurch at these figures. Tho growth of the church In Canada Is equally great, while In Mexico aud further south It la not by any means declining. This church Is composed of a great variety of races and peole. It re nilndstis of what the angel tot I Ne) hi to look at. He saw many natlous and kingdoms, all of the (lenities, and among them the foundation of n great church, which Is lo cut a formidable and dramutlo figure In tlio events of the latter times |